High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-9022
CVE-2017-9022
Description
The gmp plugin in strongSwan before 5.5.3 does not properly validate RSA public keys before calling mpz_powm_sec, which allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and process crash) via a crafted certificate.
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Affected products
14cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/strongswan&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/strongswan&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2
< 5.9.0-1.9+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9.0-1.9
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-6.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.0-6.35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.3-25.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3866nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98760nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3301-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.strongswan.org/blog/2017/05/30/strongswan-vulnerability-%28cve-2017-9022%29.htmlnvd
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